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Author Took the Sport to a garage today
VegasPhil
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23rd Jul 07 at 22:54   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yep - Finally thought, can't be arsed to work on this one by myself, so dropped it off to get a shiney standard exhaust fitted. Haven't dropped a car off at a garage and paid for work for AGGGES now, so figured i'd give it a go. Armed with my quote of £84 I dropped it off to get the exhaust fitted this morning. Ace - Well known garage, won't let me down.

I'm not one to mention names. But the state that NATIONWIDE AUTO CENTRES gave the car back to me in made me mad

Started it up and it was fine except a bit of a blow. The "Centre Manager" reckoned the CAT could have been messed around before, and he's fixed it but doesn't know how long it will last.

Great. A couple of months, then i'll start worrying about it again. Nope. 5 minutes later, the car sounded like it doesn't even have an exhaust. The bit of "bandage" round the cat is hanging off and can barely feel any pressure coming out of the rear pipe.

Really pissed off - They are getting the keys back tomorrow morning, I can see them trying to swindle me out of a new CAT straight away though.

Cunts



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23rd Jul 07 at 22:56   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
should of gone to quick fit, but not needed tbh, just be nice and they will probs sort it out dude
JM_16v
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23rd Jul 07 at 22:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
shame vegas do you thnk they tampered with the cat?

[Edited on 23-07-2007 by JM_16v]
tom_simes
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23rd Jul 07 at 22:59   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Sport?
VegasPhil
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23rd Jul 07 at 23:07   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Just going to ask if they are having a laugh. You should see the bodge they've managed! Grrr....

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I had something similar to that with my old car the middle pipe had snapped and they replaced that... and then all of a sudden I needed a back box + CAT on my 106 within a week of them doing the work the bastards... 99% of mechanics rip ppl off big style!!!!!
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24th Jul 07 at 08:11   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Just dropped it back off

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M6RKK
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didnt you have a blue flame system on urs?
jockey007
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if its the one in gosport dont go there phil trust me
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whats going on?
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What a farce. I stay clearly of garages bar my local one for MOTs (which Ive used for 5 years)

Would worry the hell out of me leaving my car at a garage as I know what happens on test drives all too well
MJ
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24th Jul 07 at 23:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Dont get me started with nationwide garages arround fareham and gosport, if they touch my car again i will kill them nothing but liers and cowboys

[Edited on 24-07-2007 by MJ]
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quote:
Originally posted by jockey007
if its the one in gosport dont go there phil trust me


i second, third, fourth that
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had my corsa with the bat motorsport wide kit on it they did the same to me with the exhaust scratched one of my alloys n tried to do me outta piston rings oil seals sayin it was burnin oil n wouldnt pass the emissions test, err the car has never burnt oil or needed topped up plus took it somewhere else and it passed emissions being spot on wankers
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oh n did i mention swapped my alloy with one on the back but forgot to clean the brake dust off and the back one was spotless stupid monkeys!!
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quote:
Originally posted by S214_UPP
99% of mechanics rip ppl off big style!!!!!


No they dont! Its the tyre and exhaust places that are rip off's, they make there money on commision therefore they sell you whatever they can. Not the mechanics faults!
VegasPhil
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25th Jul 07 at 19:00   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I could brun the place down now

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Warren G
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nation wide are a bunch of cowboys iv seen some of there work
Fro
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Whats up now
VegasPhil
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25th Jul 07 at 19:03   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Got back there and they had fitted a new cat to the thing.

"Just pay me when you can mate"

Fucking Cheers...

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Fro
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25th Jul 07 at 19:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Don't pay him
jockey007
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dont pay u never gave consent to it being fitted did u therefore u dont need to pay for it they cant make u!!
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quote:
Originally posted by jockey007
dont pay u never gave consent to it being fitted did u therefore u dont need to pay for it they cant make u!!


They can if he took the cat with him
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phil says jus got it back and they've had a new cat fitted which means in my eyes they have supplied and fitted it and with out his consent he dont need to pay for it!
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25th Jul 07 at 19:45   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I worked in a tyre/exhaust place. If you leave without paying, it is theft.

They shouldn't have fitted it without asking, but it's still theft if he doesn't pay.

The only thing you can do, is take it back and ask them to remove it, or pay for it

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